DPIC is pleased to provide podcasts that discuss a wide variety of issues relating to the death penalty.
Our podcasts cover three different types of death penalty issues.
To listen to any of the podcasts below, simply click the play button. To download the podcast, click the podcast title and then the "Download" button on the episode's page.
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Death Penalty in the U.S.
Published: Mar 03, 2015
Illinois had a long history of racial bias in its implementation of the death penalty. Numerous studies and commissions led to the Illinois State Legislature abolishing capital punishment in the state in 2011.…
Death Penalty in the U.S.
Published: Feb 20, 2015
The emptying of death row by Governor Tony Anaya in 1986 set the tone for the erosion of support for the death penalty in New Mexico. As a state with a growing Roman Catholic and non-white population, the shifting demographics became apparent in 2…
Death Penalty in the U.S.
Published: Feb 20, 2015
New York carried out more executions than any state other than Virgina between 1608 and 1972. However, in the 1960s, the state legislature began to chip away at what constituted a capital crime. In 2004, the state’s highest court declared the deat…
Death Penalty in the U.S.
Published: Feb 09, 2015
In 2006, New Jersey became the first state to legislatively impose a moratorium on executions. This moratorium would be the precursor to the state’s abolition of the death penalty in 2007.…
Death Penalty in the U.S.
Published: Feb 09, 2015
A capital murder trial wrought with prejudice in the 18th century set the foundation for a state that would abolish the death penalty twice in the next 200 years. This abolitionist culture led to controversy when Governor Lincoln Chafee refused to…
Death Penalty in the U.S.
Published: Oct 31, 2014
The District of Columbia is a special area that has oversight on both the local and federal levels. This unique status has led to a dynamic with the death penalty that is not found in any state in the US.…
Death Penalty in the U.S.
Published: Oct 31, 2014
Massachusetts has a long history of capital punishment ever since it was an English colony in the 17th century. However, a famous case involving two Italian immigrants may have been the turning point against capital punishment in Massachusetts.
Death Penalty in the U.S.
Published: Oct 24, 2014
“Uncivilized and impossible to enforce.” This was the sentiment of Iowa in 1872 when the state initially abolished capital punishment. What followed was a series of events that led to the reinstatement, and second abolition of the death penalty.
